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    "id": 801822,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/801822/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 151,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was saying that I want to thank the Member for Vihiga, who made a very eloquent maiden speech. In the course of that speech, he talked of Mumias Sugar and the unavailability of cane being the problem that has caused the company to be where it is. I wanted to inform him, in his absentia, that the unavailability of cane can only be tackled if Mumias Sugar is able to pay farmers. You cannot expect farmers to get engaged in farming cane when they cannot be paid. The corruption that took place in Mumias those days affected us those days and up to now we are still victims. Coming back to the Budget, I want to thank the Committee. As a member of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, I want to thank them because in total, they have been allocated Kshs58 billion. This means that at least our dams that are under process will be completed; our water supply programmes will be done; and that the forests that have currently been depleted will be restored by planting new seedlings. I want to request this House because we have been given the role of budgeting, but as we budget, we need to also extend to overseeing the operations of this Budget. There are cases where money has been allocated to roads and other projects, and then you find other than the money not being reallocated again, the contractors who have been given those jobs to do are not working on the roads. For example, I have a road of 26 kilometres in Mumias East. The The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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